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Definition of Dotterels
1. dotterel [n] - See also: dotterel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dotterels
Literary usage of Dotterels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"Lloyd, Stratagems of Jerusalem, 290. Dotterels. When dotterels do first appear,
It shows that frost I* very near ; But when that ..."
2. The Wild-fowler: A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-fowling, Historical by Henry Coleman Folkard (1864)
"Dotterels are naturally sluggish birds, more especially at night: the time when
... I have seen stints and red shanks, as well as dotterels, perform these ..."
3. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"... Dotterels. FROM what we have considered as the true Plovers, we pass to the
genus Charadrius or Dotterel, all the known species of which present a ..."
4. General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire: With by John Farey (1817)
"Dotterels: some of these are found in Foolow, Peak-Forest, Taddington, &c.
Ducks, wild, frequent several of the large pieces of Water in the List, in Vol. ..."
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